15 Out-of-the-Box Summer Camps for Your Niche Child
Health, Parenting
You know your child’s strengths, and you want to see them continue to grow and explore those strengths during the summer. Just because school is out, doesn’t mean the learning can’t continue. Building confidence over the summer can translate…
The Big 10: Which Vitamin Supplements Should You Really Take?
Diet & Nutrition, Health, Slider
There’s a lot of mixed information out there about whether vitamin supplements are really necessary, or if you should rely on the food you eat to fill your nutritional needs. Of course, vitamin and mineral supplements are not a replacement…
10 Reasons Girls Should Play Soccer Too
Fitness & Exercise, Health, Slider
UPDATED August 1st, 2016
This years’s FIFA World Cup Brazil is June 12-July 13 and we are so excited for all the fun and patriotism of this enormous sporting event. A few of us here at Mamiverse have daughters and we are particularly happy…
15 Reasons Your Hetero Family Should Celebrate Gay Pride Day
Empowerment, Health, Slider
June is LGBT Pride Month and the calendar is filled with gay pride events going on around the country. Pride celebrates freedom and equality for everyone, including heterosexuals. So if you have an LGBT family member or friend (really, that’s…
20 Facts Everyone Should Know About Gay Pride & LGBT History
Empowerment, Health, mamiViews
June is LGBT Pride Month, when we celebrate the great strides made by the LGBT movement. This year marks 45 years since the Stonewall riots, widely considered the spark of the gay rights movement, and 10 years since Massachusetts legalized…
15 Lessons Today’s Woman Can Learn from Past Female Politicians
Empowerment, Health
Women are the world’s most underused resource. —Hillary Rodham Clinton
It has been 40 years since Isabel Perón became the first woman President of Argentina and
the buzz around Hillary Clinton’s possible 2016 bid to become the first…
20 Lies About Sunscreen to Dispel Right Now
Family Health, Health
While we constantly hear about the dangers of too much sun exposure, a certain dose of sun has very definite health benefits. As Helen Keller once said, “Keep your face to the sun and you will never see the shadows.” The benefits of sun…
15 Non-Toxic Ways to Keep Mosquitoes Away
Family Health, Health
Nothing ruins a cookout, a camping trip, or a backyard get-together on a breezy summer evening, like the irritating buzz and itchy bites of mosquitoes. Mosquitoes aren’t just pesky, they can also spread diseases (like West Nile Virus) and…
7 Reasons Why You Need to Try Brazilian Capoeira at Least Once
Fitness & Exercise, Health, Slider
Brazilian capoeira is a martial art that combines elements of fight, acrobatics, music, dance and ritual that was created nearly 500 years ago by African Slaves in Brazil. It was once banned, but has become ingrained in the fabric of Brazilian…